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A NJ Transit train arrives at Penn Station in New York.(Photo: Abbott Koloff / Northjersey.com)

After a delay of almost two hours in which NJ Transit passengers were stuck on a train Monday night in Newark, Gov. Phil Murphy said the problem was frustrating.

At an untied press conference on Tuesday, Murphy said he was aware of the problem and called the transit issue unacceptable to commuters.

"And they are incredibly frustrated and me too," said Murphy. "We are making a lot of progress, there is no doubt."

Murphy said that NJ Transit is crossing the positive train control requirement, which is required by the federal regulators to be in place by the end of the year.

On Monday, a NJ Transit train from Newark Broad Street station on the Montclair-Booton line was delayed nearly two hours after the loss of power, passengers said.

"But incidents like this make people crazy and it drives me crazy," Murphy said. "In particular, I believe that they were sitting there for 90 minutes, if I am not mistaken, and there is no excuse for that."

In a statement, a spokeswoman for NJ Transit, Nancy Snyder, said the engineer could not get energy for the train. A rescue train sent to move people was delayed because "the police closed the door to respond to a medical emergency report on the train".

The passengers of the train complained on the social networks, there was a lack of air and reports of fights. These accounts have not been confirmed by the officials.

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Personal Editor Nicholas Pugliese contributed.

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